I prefer Leila. I think it looks much more elegant than Layla. To me, Layla is like turning Victoria into Viktorya, if you understand what I mean.

May 6th, 2013, 02:13 AM

alphabetdem

I like the Leila spelling. Laila looks made up to me, and Layla suddenly looks trendy, but Leila is a name that's been used since the 19th century in America. But either of those spellings has a great history behind it.

Leila/Layla is a name I've loved since I was a little girl, but lately I've been having second thoughts because it's become so popular. This thread has actually reminded me of all the reasons I loved it in the first place. I'm swooning!

Actually in German it would be Lie-la as in eye. (EI in German is actually a letter cluster and incidentally the word for egg).

I know. If you read the rest of my post I go on to say how weird it is that he pronounced it leela ;)

May 6th, 2013, 12:52 PM

emsky

My sister's name is Leila, so I am biased toward this spelling. Her name is pronounced 'lay-luh' and as far as I know she's never had much trouble with people mispronouncing her name. I'm sure some people have said lie-luh, but I dont think it has ever bothered her much to correct them. She loves the uniqueness of it